In this interview, Joanne Sweeney, a lifelong resident of South Boston, Massachusetts, reflects on the impact of Judge W. Arthur Garrity's 1974 decision in the case of Morgan v. Hennigan, which required some students to be bused between Boston…
In this interview, James P. Feeney, who was born and raised in South Boston, Massachusetts, reflects on the impact of Judge W. Arthur Garrity's 1974 decision in the case of Morgan v. Hennigan, which required some students to be bused between Boston…
In this interview, James Collins, who grew up in Boston's Charlestown neighborhood in the 1950s and 1960s, reflects on the impact of Judge W. Arthur Garrity's 1974 decision in the case of Morgan v. Hennigan, which required some students to be bused…
In this interview, Henry L. Allen, a lifelong resident of Boston, reflects on the impact of Judge W. Arthur Garrity's 1974 decision in the case of Morgan v. Hennigan, which required some students to be bused between Boston neighborhoods with the goal…
In this interview, Congressman John Joseph Moakley, who represented Massachusetts' Ninth Congressional District from 1973 until his death in 2001, discusses his life and political career. While he only reflects briefly on Judge W. Arthur Garrity's…
In this interview, Brian P. Wallace, a former Massachusetts state representative and longtime resident of South Boston, reflects on the impact of Judge W. Arthur Garrity's 1974 decision in the case of Morgan v. Hennigan, which required some students…
In this interview, Anthony Voto, who grew up in East Boston, Massachusetts, in the 1960s and '70s, reflects on the impact of Judge W. Arthur Garrity's 1974 decision in the case of Morgan v. Hennigan, which required some students to be bused between…
Sargent Report was commissioned by Mr. Gillis, the Superintendent of the Boston Schools. It addressed the physical conditions of the school buildings in Boston, and offered recommendations to modernize or replace school buildings. The report found…
The Harvard Report on the Schools in Boston, commissioned by Boston Redevelopment Authority, recommended abandoning the worst schools (many of which were located in Roxbury and North Dorchester).